English
padre
Padre may come from Italian padre ‘father’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentpadre‘father’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentpadre‘father’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1979same form
Earliest quotation: 1979, James Wakefield Burke, A Forgotten Glory: the Missions of Old Texas: “The Zuma and Manzo Indians of the area were…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ‘to protect, to ward’
food, company, pain, feed, pope, foster, fur, companion, apparent, pastor, penetration, fodder, forage, accompaniment, papal, pasture, fad, fatherly, patrician, panini, pav, pantaloons, pannier, 57 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr ‘father’
through Proto-Italic *patēr ‘father’
through Latin pater ‘father’
pattern, papa, patron, perpetrator, paternal, paternity, perpetrate, patrimony, pater, père, compere, 17 more
Today it means
noun A military clergyman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian padre / padre